A new wildfire was reported today at 7:12 p.m. in Kern County, California. Oilfield Fire has been burning on private land.

California's largest wildfire of 2025 has burned more than 70,000 acres in just a few days and its burning right nextdoor to ...

A state prison inmate from Santa Maria has been killed in what officials have described as a homicide. At 6:21 a.m. Friday, Kern Valley State Prison staff ...

Trump paused workplace raids after farmers and hotels complained about losing workers they call "almost impossible to replace ...

Growth of the Madre Fire burning off Highway 166 expanded overnight, now having scorched 79,630 acres as of Saturday morning.

Whitewater rafters portaged a boat for 16 miles beside the Kern River, protesting the removal of water for a hydropower plant ...

Kern County Sheriff Releases Critical Incident Video of Officer-Involved Shooting at Welfare Check in Kernville ...

On the Kern River, a Southern California Edison hydroelectric plant diverts water and leaves a 16-mile section of the river ...

Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s return-to-office order going into effect in July, several state jobs still offer remote work. The ...

Evacuation orders are in place for rural areas near State Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo ...

He was last reported wearing a checkered navy-blue, long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans, a dark baseball hat and white-and-gray ...

We are now learning the name of the pilot, suffering from life-threatening injuries after an aircraft crashed in an isolated area north of Hart Park July 3.